Ice-cream mold.



PATENTED OCT. 10, 1905.

J. s. HICKS ICE CREAM MOLD.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 29.1905.

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ICE-CREAM MOLD.

Specificationof Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 10, 1905.

Application filed June 29,1905. Serial No. 267,626.

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Be it known that I, J OHN S. HIoKs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Erie, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania,haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Ice-Cream Molds; and Ido declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention is an improved ice-cream mold for molding a brick ofice-cream with a figure of any desired form in the center thereof; andit consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of deviceshereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view ofan ice-cream mold embodying my improvements, showing the plunger in thesame. Fig. 2 is a similar view taken on a plane at right angles to thatof Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is atop plan view of the same.

Fig. 4 is a detail view of the bottom for the mold. Fig. 5 is a similarview showing the top for the mold.

In accordance withmy invention I provide a mold body or vessel 1, whichmay be of any suitable form and size and is shown as of oblongrectangular form. The bottom 2 of the mold vessel is provided with anopening 3, which corresponds in shape with the crosssectional shape ofthe plunger which is used in connection with the mold vessel. The latteris provided on two opposite sides at a suitable distance from its upperend with guidefianges 31, having guide-grooves 4 to receive theoutwardly projecting locking-flanges 5, which extend from the sides 6 ofthe cover 7 of the mold vessel, the said cover being slidable on theupper end of the mold vessel, so that it may be readily attached theretoor detached therefrom. Said cover has at one end a transverse flange 8to bear against one side of the mold vessel to lock said cover in placethereon. Said cover has an opening 9, which corresponds in size andshape with that in the bottom of the mold vessel.

The plunger 10 is somewhat longer thanthe mold vessel, and it may be ofany suitable design or shape cross-sectionally and must correspond insize and shape with the openings in the cover and bottom of the moldvessel, so that the said plunger may be passed therethrough. The lowerend of the plunger is wedge-shaped or tapered, as at 11, to facilitatethe passage of the plunger through the ice-cream in the mold and tofacilitate the introduction of the lower end of the plunger into thedesigned opening in the bottom of the mold vessel. A wire 14: isattached to the wedge-nut of the plunger and may be employed to draw theplunger through the mold, as will be understood. An upper cap 12 isprovided for the upper end of the mold vessel when the plunger has beenwithdrawn therefrom, and a lower cap 13 is provided for the lower end ofthe mold vessel under the same condition.

In the operation of my invention before the plunger is used the lowercap is placed on the lower end of the mold vessel and the upper cap andcover 7 are removed from the mold vessel. The mold is then filled aboutfourfifths full of moderately-hard ice-cream of a certain color. Thecover 7 is then placed on the mold vessel. from the mold, vessel. Theplunger is then pushed through the mold vessel from the bottom, wire endup, so as to form a hollow space through the ice-cream in the mold of asize and shape corresponding to that of the plunger. This space is thenfilled with a'soft icecream of another color. The caps are then placedon the ends of the mold vessel, and the latter is packed in ice for asuitable length of time to harden the cream.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the inventionwill be readily understood without requiring a more extendedexplanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An ice-cream mold of the class described, comprising a mold vesselhaving a bottom provided with a mold-opening of suitable design, a capslidably connected to the upper end of the mold vessel and having amold-opening of a design corresponding to that in the bottom, and aplunger adapted to be passed through the mold vessel and the openings inthe bottom and cover thereof, said plunger corresponding in size andshape cross-sectionally with the design-opening in the bottom and coverof the mold vessel, substantially as described.

The bottom cap is removed 2. An ice-cream mold of the class described,comprising a mold vessel having a bottom provided with a mold-opening ofsuitable design, a cap slidably connected to the upper end of the moldvessel and having a moldopening of a design corresponding to that in thebottom, and a plunger adapted to be passed through the mold vessel andthe openings in the bottom and cover thereof, said plunger correspondingin size and shapei cross-sectionally with the design-opening in 5 thebottom and cover of the mold vessel, and l caps for the upper and lowerend of the mold l vessel when the plunger has been removed l therefrom,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

JOHN S. HICKS.

WVitnesses:

WV. A. Cnrnns, F. G. PIPER.

